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| Highlights
from the last Pickin' Porch Show |
| As always, Hughey arrived at the Comfort
Systems USA Performance Center quite early in order to
claim his usual front row seat. Hughey is one of the
Pickin' Porch Show's most loyal fans, and it's great to
see him sitting up front and enjoying the festivities each
and every week! |
After leading the audience in the "Pledge to the
Flag", Tim kicked off tonight's show by welcoming
all the visiting race fans in the audience and asking them
to stand up and introduce themselves to the rest of the
crowd. As always during race week, there were friendly folks
visiting with us from all over the United States.
Tim also took a few moments to remind everyone about the
April 7 edition of
Song Of The Mountains featuring the legendary
Larry
Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers with Jeff Brown
& Friends. |
| Next, Tim asked Jim Carter to come up on stage
and tell everyone about the upcoming "Pickin'
in the Corn" Bluegrass Festival featuring E.C. Miller
& the Goldrush Review. E.C. is a bluegrass legend who
has been pickin' and teachin' the banjo for decades, and
this is an excellent opportunity for folks in our area to
see him perform, live and in-person! |
The
ETSU Bluegrass Band kicked off the evening's
entertainment, and as always they did an outstanding job
pickin' and singin' a number of great tunes including
"You Win Again", "This World Is Not My Home" and
the classic "Don't Cheat In Our Hometown".
Raymond
McLain and the other wonderful instructors and
mentors at ETSU do an outstanding job of teaching their
students in the Bluegrass Music program how to be
exceptional performers, and it really shows every time one
of their featured bands takes a stage! |
| Next up was Mr. Roy Mullins, a Pickin' Porch
regular and one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Roy has
been around a long time, and he really knows how to express
himself with his ever-present harmonica. In keeping with the
season, tonight he treated the audience to a very nice
rendition of "Easter Parade". |
| Also in keeping with the season, the Easter Bunny
paid a visit to the Comfort Systems USA Performance
Center. To the delight of the kids in the audience (and
most of the adults as well), he ran back and forth in front
of the stage as the bewildered band played on. |
| As if there hadn't already been enough action to keep
the audience on the edge of their seats this evening, the
jovial Ed Carter took the stage and proceeded to tell
a series of corny jokes that, well...let's just say that Ed
sure has a unique style of delivering a joke and leave it at
that! |
| The ever-popular
Robby
Spencer returned to the Pickin' Porch stage
after a long absence, and it quickly became obvious that he
still knows how to entertain a crowd! In between jokes, he
picked and sang several "Robby" favorites including "The
Suicide Blues", "Frankie And Johnny" and
"Mountain Dew". He even treated the audience to a couple
of Hank Williams and Elvis classics! |
As always, a great time was had by all at tonight's
Pickin' Porch Show, and next week promises to be just as
much fun with
Bill & Maggie Anderson and
Gold Heart taking the stage. We invite you to come
on out to the Bristol Mall next Thursday and join us for all
the fun and excitement!
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